What Instrument(s) Do You Play?

[Onlythebassist]

I own a keyboard but due to lacking notes and talent, I only can do the simplest melodies.

Like The Final Countdown? It's got to be the simplest jingle in the world!

[Alex]

Jump by Van Halen is easy on all instruments outside the solo. But the solo is... well, hard xD On both guitar and keyboard.

Other simple songs on keyboard I know: I'll Wait (Van Halen), Mr. Crowley (Ozzy Osbourne), Perry Mason (Also Ozzy) and... yeah. That's all. Deep Purple uses a lot of keyboard, but they're not really simple.

[Onlythebassist]

Jump by Van Halen is easy on all instruments outside the solo. But the solo is... well, hard xD On both guitar and keyboard.

Other simple songs on keyboard I know: I'll Wait (Van Halen), Mr. Crowley (Ozzy Osbourne), Perry Mason (Also Ozzy) and... yeah. That's all. Deep Purple uses a lot of keyboard, but they're not really simple.

Look up Dragonforce, they LOVE keyboard XD



But seriously, no Dragonforce.

[Alex]

I'm OK with Dragonforce. Heck, they're not THAT bad as everyone is saying. But they're not really too good, either. Somewhere in the middle.

[thrasherblades]

You mean Studioforce?

Lol..

I find them really sloppy live.

[Dubiousity]

You mean Studioforce?

Lol..

I find them really sloppy live.

THANK YOU

[Sleet]

When you play music like that, it's pretty much a given you're going to be sloppy live.

I don't really mind. They're entertaining, and that's what matters as long as you don't pretend like they're anything more than just that.

[Alex]

I didn't say their live shows are good - on the contrary, they are bad. I just said that they're music isn't as bad as people say. I can listen to them, although there are much better bands I listen to....

[notthatlol]

Tuba, keyboard, bass guitar, trombone, euphonium, recorder, and singing.
I'm not kidding.
Mainly tuba and bass guitar, though.

[Beagle]

Tuba, keyboard, bass guitar, trombone, euphonium, recorder, and singing.
I'm not kidding.
Mainly tuba and bass guitar, though.

That's pretty awesome. If you're in high school, do you play in the band?

[notthatlol]

What, you have to be in high school to be in band?
'cause yeah, I play in my school's concert band and their jazz band.

Unbelievably, we don't suck.

[Sleet]

That's pretty cool. You should come to my college when you graduate. Our jazz band has a dire shortage of brass.

I play the bass too, by the way.

[Beagle]

What, you have to be in high school to be in band?
'cause yeah, I play in my school's concert band and their jazz band.

Unbelievably, we don't suck.

Usually high school comes to mind with band. I didn't/don't know your age, so I didn't know. The age of people on this forum varies greatly.

If I asked if you were in middle school, and you were old enough to be in college, that'd be pretty bad. So I said high school, it's sort-of safer ground, and the first thing that came to my mind. My bad. D:

[mariomarc]

i own a trumpet, but never actually play it
i would, but i'm a lazy I love you

[Onlythebassist]

I play the bass too, by the way.

And then...

[notthatlol]

Btw, all I ever do on keyboard is play memes.
Like keyboard cat.

[Enty]

Piano, Trumpet... do vocals count?

[lionboy55555]

well, i haven't touched a piano in about three years, not counting the four-ish times i sat down and just pressed the keys for kicks, but there's that.
i just started cello again, after two years of not playing,
i think i can play trombone- maybe. it's been a long time.
i can, and hopefully soon, will be, playing euphonium. because of this, i can also play baritone, and a couple other bass, valved insstruments.
so there's the list, not that there are many i actually am playing at the moment.

[Dissension]

I keep hoping an orchestra breaks out, based on this thread. It's silly, I know.

[Sleet]

I think it'd be awesome, but it's just way too difficult to make it work.

[Haru Totetsu]

I personally am not very good at playing an instrument, but I have been told I can sing rather well with the right melody that is. Though I regret to tell you it is doubtful you will ever get to hear me, I have very little pride in myself so I don't have much confidence in my abilities so I have only perfomed twice in my life, both times I was terrified and holding back tears.

[Psykeout]

hehe evertime i read your stuff i hear this guys voice (the deep one not bart or lisa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9_6IODy0mU

[Anthroguy101]

I own a keyboard but due to lacking notes and talent, I only can do the simplest melodies.

Like The Final Countdown? It's got to be the simplest jingle in the world!

I disagree. Linkin Park's "The Catalyst" is far easier than that.
I'm thinking about getting an electronic keyboard so I can record some beats, perhaps even adding my voice. My poetry could use some recognition.

Two models I've been looking at are the Casio WK-500, the Casio CTK-5000 as well as some Yamahas (specifically the Yamaha PSR-E423). Which one do you think is best?

[NightFox]

Alto Saxophone.
I could also probably play the Tenor and Baritone, but I've never tried.

And I guess I could play piano, but only by memory of the notes I play on Saxophone.

[thrasherblades]

Two models I've been looking at are the Casio WK-500, the Casio CTK-5000 as well as some Yamahas (specifically the Yamaha PSR-E423). Which one do you think is best?

If you like those keyboards you should actually try out the Korg M50 keyboard workstation. Really good keyboard/sequencer.

[Psykeout]

nothing learned. i dabble in the piano. i want to learn violin. i won't.

[JakJak]

French Horn.

inb4 wats a french horn?

[Ebly]

French Horn.

inb4 wats a french horn?

Something like this, but holding a baguette.

[Sleet]

I thought everyone knew what a French horn was.

[Anthroguy101]

I am getting a Casio CTK-5000. Should be here before the week is done. I can't wait to play it. Now if only I had a microphone.

[Sleet]

Neato! My first keyboard was a Casio WK-110, which has more keys (76) but is otherwise not as good as that.

[Anthroguy101]

Neato! My first keyboard was a Casio WK-110, which has more keys (76) but is otherwise not as good as that.

That's awesome!
One of the reasons I got this keyboard was because it had the noises I was looking for. It's the best piano I could find at Best Buy, so I got it on Amazon. I've already written a few poems that I hope to make music off of. I can already play most things by ear.

[Sleet]

That's pretty cool. I still can't play by ear very well. I'm a complete by-the-books player, and I've been trying to change that. I've gotten a bit better at improvising, but I still have a way to go.

I didn't buy this one for the sound; I bought it for the feel, since it had a big keyboard and weighted keys. I figured nothing in the price range would sound as good as I'd want, so I might as well not worry about it. The third keyboard I buy, whenever I buy it, will probably be a higher-quality keyboard more focused on accurately sounding like specific instruments than on true synthesis, which is what my second keyboard does.

[Anthroguy101]

That's pretty cool. I still can't play by ear very well. I'm a complete by-the-books player, and I've been trying to change that. I've gotten a bit better at improvising, but I still have a way to go.

I didn't buy this one for the sound; I bought it for the feel, since it had a big keyboard and weighted keys. I figured nothing in the price range would sound as good as I'd want, so I might as well not worry about it. The third keyboard I buy, whenever I buy it, will probably be a higher-quality keyboard more focused on accurately sounding like specific instruments than on true synthesis, which is what my second keyboard does.

What is your second keyboard?

[Sleet]

A Nord Lead 2X. It only does analog synthesis, so it does a terrible job of sounding like a piano or any real instrument, so it doesn't replace my first one (plus it only has 49 keys). But it's absolutely fantastic at what it's supposed to do, so I actually have them both set up together, one on top of the other.